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Efficient Camera Exposure Control for Visual Odometry via Deep Reinforcement Learning
Shuyang Zhang, Jinhao He, Yilong Zhu +2
The stability of visual odometry (VO) systems is undermined by degraded image quality, especially in environments with significant illumination changes. This study employs a deep r…
FusionPortableV2: A Unified Multi-Sensor Dataset for Generalized SLAM Across Diverse Platforms and Scalable Environments
Hexiang Wei, Jianhao Jiao, Xiangcheng Hu +7
Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) technology has been widely applied in various robotic scenarios, from rescue operations to autonomous driving. However, the generalizat…
FusionPortable: A Multi-Sensor Campus-Scene Dataset for Evaluation of Localization and Mapping Accuracy on Diverse Platforms
Jianhao Jiao, Hexiang Wei, Tianshuai Hu +10
Combining multiple sensors enables a robot to maximize its perceptual awareness of environments and enhance its robustness to external disturbance, crucial to robotic navigation. T…
Comparing Representations in Tracking for Event Camera-based SLAM
Jianhao Jiao, Huaiyang Huang, Liang Li +3
This paper investigates two typical image-type representations for event camera-based tracking: time surface (TS) and event map (EM). Based on the original TS-based tracker, we mak…
Greedy-Based Feature Selection for Efficient LiDAR SLAM
Jianhao Jiao, Yilong Zhu, Haoyang Ye +5
Modern LiDAR-SLAM (L-SLAM) systems have shown excellent results in large-scale, real-world scenarios. However, they commonly have a high latency due to the expensive data associati…
Robust Odometry and Mapping for Multi-LiDAR Systems with Online Extrinsic Calibration
Jianhao Jiao, Haoyang Ye, Yilong Zhu +1
Combining multiple LiDARs enables a robot to maximize its perceptual awareness of environments and obtain sufficient measurements, which is promising for simultaneous localization…
The Role of the Hercules Autonomous Vehicle During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Autonomous Logistic Vehicle for Contactless Goods Transportation
Tianyu Liu, Qinghai Liao, Lu Gan +28
Since early 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly across the world. As at the date of writing this article, the disease has been globally reported in 223…
Road Curb Detection Using A Novel Tensor Voting Algorithm
Yilong Zhu, Dong Han, Bohuan Xue +4
Road curb detection is very important and necessary for autonomous driving because it can improve the safety and robustness of robot navigation in the outdoor environment. In this…
Robust Lane Marking Detection Algorithm Using Drivable Area Segmentation and Extended SLT
Umar Ozgunalp, Rui Fan, Shanshan Cheng +7
In this paper, a robust lane detection algorithm is proposed, where the vertical road profile of the road is estimated using dynamic programming from the v-disparity map and, based…
Automatic Calibration of Dual-LiDARs Using Two Poles Stickered with Retro-Reflective Tape
Bohuan Xue, Jianhao Jiao, Yilong Zhu +4
Multi-LiDAR systems have been prevalently applied in modern autonomous vehicles to render a broad view of the environments. The rapid development of 5G wireless technologies has br…
Autonomous UAV Landing System Based on Visual Navigation
Zhixin Wu, Peng Han, Ruiwen Yao +7
In this paper, we present an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) landing system based on visual navigation. We design the landmark as a topological pattern in order to enable…
A Robust Pavement Mapping System Based on Normal-Constrained Stereo Visual Odometry
Huaiyang Huang, Rui Fan, Yilong Zhu +2
Pavement condition is crucial for civil infrastructure maintenance. This task usually requires efficient road damage localization, which can be accomplished by the visual odometry…
Low-Cost GPS-Aided LiDAR State Estimation and Map Building
Linwei Zheng, Yilong Zhu, Bohuan Xue +2
Using different sensors in an autonomous vehicle (AV) can provide multiple constraints to optimize AV location estimation. In this paper, we present a low-cost GPS-assisted LiDAR s…
Real-Time, Environmentally-Robust 3D LiDAR Localization
Yilong Zhu, Bohuan Xue, Linwei Zheng +3
Localization, or position fixing, is an important problem in robotics research. In this paper, we propose a novel approach for long-term localization in a changing environment usin…
A Novel Dual-Lidar Calibration Algorithm Using Planar Surfaces
Jianhao Jiao, Qinghai Liao, Yilong Zhu +5
Multiple lidars are prevalently used on mobile vehicles for rendering a broad view to enhance the performance of localization and perception systems. However, precise calibration o…
Road Crack Detection Using Deep Convolutional Neural Network and Adaptive Thresholding
Rui Fan, Mohammud Junaid Bocus, Yilong Zhu +5
Crack is one of the most common road distresses which may pose road safety hazards. Generally, crack detection is performed by either certified inspectors or structural engineers.…